Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-08-06

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
5 vs last sale 41 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
238 head
81 vs last sale 319 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were steady to 1.00 lower while heifers were unchanged with a few exceptions of higher/lower. All classes of slaughter cows were were 3.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers were mostly steady with feeder heifers 1.00 lower and bulls too few to compare.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.03/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$116.03
21 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.32
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1631118.0474517thin
Medium and Large 2572107.506154thin
One grade step is worth $10.54/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
116.03
IN average3 barns · 270 hd
111.71
+4.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,43784.081,20813
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37670.3196716
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20253.7864716
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06241.964464thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,14080.009121thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,23484.871,0476thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,182117.761,39240
HeifersChoiceAverage1,098110.161,21024
HeifersSelectAverage1,154105.001,2123thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,21085.601,0363thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,256121.111,52128
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,282116.911,49933
SteersChoiceAverage1,285112.301,44325
SteersSelectAverage1,087102.231,1119thin

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Indianapolis Stockyards - Rockville, IN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,10072.96/cwt71.00–75.008032
Bulls1,28792.75/cwt90.50–96.001,1943
Bulls1,57783.61/cwt80.00–88.501,3198
CowsLean 85-90%1,10445.10/cwt44.00–46.004982
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44545.00/cwt45.00–45.006501
CowsLean 85-90%1,02038.81/cwt38.00–39.503962
Dairy HeifersChoice1,14080.00/cwt80.00–80.009121
Dairy SteersChoice1,23484.87/cwt80.00–87.501,0476
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44073.99/cwt69.00–77.001,06511
HeifersChoice1,098110.16/cwt106.00–114.001,21024
SteersChoice1,285112.30/cwt108.50–114.001,44325
SteersChoice and Prime1,282116.91/cwt115.00–118.751,49933
SteersPrime1,256121.11/cwt120.00–121.501,52128
SteersSelect1,087102.23/cwt100.00–105.001,1119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16448.85/cwt46.50–53.005695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19757.13/cwt55.00–59.0068410
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23562.22/cwt60.00–67.007685
HeifersStandard1,21085.60/cwt85.00–87.001,0363
HeifersChoice and Prime1,182117.76/cwt116.00–119.501,39240
HeifersSelect1,154105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2123
BullsMedium and Large 1275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 1275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
HeifersMedium and Large 1691112.34/cwt109.00–118.007768
SteersMedium and Large 1953105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0012
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added851134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,14016
HeifersMedium and Large 1535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006695
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added752121.00/cwt121.00–121.009103
HeifersMedium and Large 2255115.00/cwt115.00–115.002931
HeifersMedium and Large 2678105.00/cwt105.00–105.007123

How this sale compares

Indiana weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Indiana auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.